victim

[ˈvɪktɪm]

Definition:
1. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance.
2. A person who is tricked or swindled.

Use 'victim' in a sentence:

1. He claimed he was the victim of a dirty tricks campaign.
2. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the victims of the war.
3. The victim was outside a shop when he was attacked.
4. Relatives of the victim watched from the public gallery as the murder charge was read out in court.
5. The victim had been stabbed repeatedly in the chest.
6. Thousands of earthquake victims are still waiting to be rehoused.
7. He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
8. Rescuers found victims trapped several feet underground.
9. There is nothing more dangerous than someone who thinks of himself as a victim.
10. The gunmen stalked the building, looking for victims.
11. He was more of a victim than any of the women he supposedly offended.
12. The victim's widow was today being comforted by family and friends.
13. The family of the victim said that the killer had got his just deserts when he was jailed for life.
14. To feminists she is a classic victim of the patriarchal society.
15. He had crept up on his unsuspecting victim from behind.
16. The victim's wife was last night being kept under sedation in the local hospital.
17. Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine.
18. The victim has not yet been named.
19. The "victim" revealed he was only playacting.
20. Many victims of burglary feel their homes have been defiled.
21. When the attack took place, there were no victim support programmes.
22. First check that the accident victim doesn't have an obstructed airway.
23. The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood.
24. Reports conflicted on how much of the aid was reaching the famine victims.
25. All terrorist crime is detestable, whoever the victims.
26. He was the victim of calumny.
27. She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
28. Schools are the latest victims of cuts in public spending.
29. It is the victim who is often put on trial and, to add insult to injury, she is presumed guilty until proven innocent of provoking the rape.
30. They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.
31. He was a victim of racial prejudice.
32. I'm the sole victim of Mother's tyranny.
33. The officer spoke yesterday of her role in trying to coax vital information from the young victim.
34. They fell victim to eagles.
35. The victim was hit by a hail of bullets.
36. Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim.
37. The victim lay prone without moving.
38. He was innocent and the victim of a frame-up.
39. She has kept in close contact with the victims' families.
40. The victims were not referred to by name.
41. The charity exists to support victims of crime.
42. He cast himself as the innocent victim of a hate campaign.
43. One of the victims of the fire remains in a critical condition.
44. Two crash victims were admitted to the local hospital.
45. Most of the crash victims were killed outright.
46. The identification of the crash victims was a long and difficult task.
47. The father of one victim spoke with remarkable magnanimity.
48. His defence says it has found a new witness to back his claim that he is a victim of mistaken identity.
49. Millions of people gave freely in response to the appeal for the victims of the earthquake.
50. They have begun marshalling forces to send relief to the hurricane victims.
51. They rendered assistance to the disaster victims.
52. The government announced a day of national mourning for the victims.
53. Women and children are feared to be among the victims.
54. The victim was clubbed to death with a baseball bat.